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Texas is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km²), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population. Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast.

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Elon Musk Says Tesla's Factories Are Losing Billions Elon Musk Says , Tesla's Factories , Are Losing Billions. In a recent interview, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company's factories in Germany and Texas are losing "billions of dollars.". In a.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:30Published 1 day ago

Texas Official Calls Uvalde Police Response an 'Abject Failure' Texas Official Calls Uvalde , Police Response an 'Abject Failure'. NBC News reports a top Texas official described the police response during the recent Uvalde school shooting as an "abject.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:30Published 3 days ago

Interesting Facts About Juneteenth Interesting Facts About Juneteenth. Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, marks the day General Gordon Granger announced to slaves in Galveston, Texas, that they were free. Here are some things.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:03Published 1 week ago

Elon Musk Expresses His Likely Support for Republican Ron DeSantis in 2024 Election Elon Musk Expresses , His Likely Support for Republican, Ron DeSantis in 2024 Election. Business Insider reports that Elon Musk took to Twitter to say that he'll probably support Florida Governor Ron.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:30Published 1 week ago

Uvalde Survivor Delivers Testimony at House Gun Violence Hearing Uvalde Survivor Delivers Testimony , at House Gun Violence Hearing. CBS News reports a student who witnessed and survived the horrors of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde,.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:30Published 2 weeks ago

Lifeguard Shortage Is a Real Issue This Summer Lifeguard Shortage Is , a Real Issue This Summer. A significant lifeguard shortage is being reported all over the country as temperatures rise. The shortage means that beaches may be unstaffed and.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:31Published 2 weeks ago

Jim Seals, Soft-Rock Pioneer of Seals and Crofts, Dead at 80 Jim Seals, , Soft-Rock Pioneer of Seals and Crofts, , Dead at 80. CNN reports Jim Seals of the 1970s soft-rock group, Seals and Crofts, has died. He was 80. Seals, alongside his musical.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:30Published 2 weeks ago

Matthew McConaughey Calls for Gun Reform While Speaking at White House Matthew McConaughey , Calls for Gun Reform, While Speaking at White House. As a native of Uvalde, Texas, McConaughey delivered an emotional speech on June 7 in favor of new gun regulations following.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:30Published 2 weeks ago

John Oliver Argues Against More Police in Schools in Wake of Texas Shooting \| THR News John Oliver dove right into his main segment on Sunday night’s ‘Last Week Tonight’, arguing for increased gun control measures in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Credit: The Hollywood Reporter Duration: 02:29Published 3 weeks ago

US president makes impassioned plea for ban on assault weapons US President Joe Biden makes an impassioned plea for ban on assault weapons in the wake of the mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:22Published 3 weeks ago

Cardinals Cornerback Jeff Gladney Dies After Dallas Car Accident Cardinals Cornerback, Jeff Gladney, Dies After Dallas Car Accident. On May 30, Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney died following a car accident in Dallas, Texas. On May 30, Arizona.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:30Published on May 31, 2022

Dogs offer comfort to Uvalde locals after mass shooting Trainers from New Jersey offer their dogs to help comfort families seeking solace after the shooting at an elementary school in the Texas city of Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:00Published on May 31, 2022

Canada Proposes 'National Freeze' on Handgun Sales Amid Rising Murder Rates Canada Proposes , 'National Freeze' on Handgun Sales , Amid Rising Murder Rates. Canada Proposes , 'National Freeze' on Handgun Sales , Amid Rising Murder Rates. On May 30, Canadian Prime.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:31Published on May 31, 2022

Grieving husband dies of heart attack after wife slain in Texas school shooting Joe Garcia, 50, dropped off flowers at his wife’s memorial Thursday morning in Uvalde, Texas, and then returned home, where he “pretty much just fell over” and died, his nephew John Martinez.. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:45Published on May 28, 2022

'Stranger Things' Adds Disclaimer to 4th Season in Wake of Uvalde Mass Shooting 'Stranger Things', Adds Disclaimer to 4th Season, in Wake of Uvalde Mass Shooting. 'Stranger Things', Adds Disclaimer to 4th Season, in Wake of Uvalde Mass Shooting. The first episode of season four.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:30Published on May 27, 2022

MLB Teams Dedicate Social Media Accounts to Gun Violence Awareness MLB Teams Dedicate Social Media Accounts, to Gun Violence Awareness. MLB Teams Dedicate Social Media Accounts, to Gun Violence Awareness. The unprecedented decision was made in the wake of the mass.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:30Published on May 27, 2022

President Biden Says ‘The 2nd Amendment Is Not Absolute’ Following Slew of Mass Shootings President Biden Says , ‘The 2nd Amendment Is Not Absolute’ , Following Slew of Mass Shootings. CBS News reports that on May 25, President Biden said he and the first lady will go to Texas "in the.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:31Published on May 26, 2022

Onlookers Accuse Police of Failing To Take Action To Stop Texas School Shooting Onlookers Accuse Police, of Failing To Take Action, To Stop Texas School Shooting. The Associated Press reports that investigators are now trying to make sense of the massacre at Robb Elementary.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:31Published on May 26, 2022

Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Down Discussing Texas School Shooting \| THR News A passionate and tearful Jimmy Kimmel addressed the Texas school shooting on Wednesday’s episode of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’. Credit: The Hollywood Reporter Duration: 01:59Published on May 26, 2022

Beto O'Rourke Confronts TX Governor Greg Abbott During Press Conference on Uvalde Beto O'Rourke Confronts , TX Governor Greg Abbott , During Press Conference on Uvalde. The confrontation occurred on May 25, one day after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:31Published on May 26, 2022

Prayers, tears at vigil for Texas shooting victims Residents of Uvalde, Texas, attended a prayer vigil Wednesday evening for the victims of a school shooting the day before. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 02:00Published on May 26, 2022

Steve Kerr Calls for Gun Control Following Texas School Shooting Steve Kerr Calls for Gun Control , Following Texas School Shooting. Reuters reports that during a pre-game news conference on May 24, . the Golden State Warriors coach refused to discuss his team's.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:31Published on May 25, 2022

‘FBI’ Season Finale Pulled by CBS After Texas School Shooting \| THR News This follows the Texas school shooting that left at least 19 children and two adults dead according to local officials. Credit: The Hollywood Reporter Duration: 01:02Published on May 25, 2022

19 Students and 2 Adults Killed by Gunman at Texas Elementary School 19 Students and 2 Adults, Killed by Gunman, at Texas Elementary School. On May 24, an 18-year-old gunman fatally shot 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. CNN.. Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:31Published on May 25, 2022

Scene at Texas school where gunman killed children An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing many children, one teacher and injuring others, Gov. Greg Abbott said, and the gunman was dead. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 02:00Published on May 25, 2022

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Texas school where 19 pupils and two teachers were shot dead is to be demolished The Robb Elementary School, where 19 students and two teachers were gunned down, is to be demolished. Sky News - Published 3 days ago
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New picture shows heavily armed officers inside Uvalde school, but they waited another hour before shooting gunman Multiple police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield were on site at the Texas school shooting within 19 minutes - but they didn't breach the classroom and stop the gunman for.. Sky News - Published 4 days ago
Reza Farahan Says Drag Shows Are Art, TX and FL Should Focus on Shootings Reza Farahan says politicians have screwed up priorities, and clearly have no clue what goes on at drag shows since they're trying to make laws blocking kids from attending them. We caught up with the.. TMZ.com - Published 1 week ago
Drag Star Alyssa Edwards Frustrated Over Texas Bill Banning Kids from Drag Shows The plan to introduce a Texas bill blocking children from attending drag shows is sparking debate -- but "RuPaul's Drag Race" star Alyssa Edwards says the move and the timing of it make her embarrassed.. TMZ.com - Published 2 weeks ago

'He told my teacher 'goodnight' and shot her in the head': Texas school shooting survivor's harrowing testimony A fourth-grade survivor of last month's Uvalde school shooting has told a hearing how she dabbed blood on herself and pretended to be dead after the gunman murdered her teacher and friends. Sky News - Published 2 weeks ago
Teacher wounded in Uvalde school shooting condemns 'coward' police for failing to save students A teacher who survived the Texas school shooting said he will never forgive the police for taking over an hour to enter his classroom after the gunman first opened fire. Sky News - Published 2 weeks ago
More than 700 people have been killed by guns in the US since the Texas school shooting There have been gun killings in 43 of the 50 US states in the two weeks since the Texas school shooting. Sky News - Published 3 weeks ago
Man, 21, breaks in to art museum and causes $5.2m damage because he was 'angry at is girlfriend' A man broke in to a Texas art museum and caused $5.2m (£4.14m) of damage - because he was angry at his girlfriend, he told police. Sky News - Published 3 weeks ago

Prisoner shot dead after escaping bus and killing family of five A prisoner was shot dead by police after escaping from a prison bus, stabbing its driver and killing a family of five, authorities in Texas have said. Sky News - Published 3 weeks ago
'Everyday places have become killing fields': Biden calls for ban on assault weapons and gun purchase age to be raised to 21 President Joe Biden has said the US needs to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazine and said the minimum age to purchase guns should be raised to 21 in the wake of the mass shooting in Texas.. Sky News - Published 3 weeks ago
Kim Kardashian calls for prison release of school shooting victim's father for funeral Kim Kardashian has called for the father of a 10-year-old girl killed in the Texas school shooting to be temporarily released from prison so he can attend her funeral. Sky News - Published 3 weeks ago	Deshaun Watson Facing 23rd Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit After HBO Special A 23rd female massage therapist is now suing Deshaun Watson ... claiming she's decided to file the docs after watching the HBO special on the quarterback earlier this month. In the lawsuit, filed in.. TMZ.com - Published 3 weeks ago
Grieving Texas community begins to bury dead from school massacre The first two of the 19 children killed in one of America's worst school shootings, are being remembered ahead of their burials. Sky News - Published on May 31, 2022	Uvalde: Andy Murray says Texas mass shooting made him 'incredibly upset' Andy Murray says the deaths of 19 children and two teachers in a mass shooting at a Texas school is "unbelievably upsetting". BBC Sport - Published on May 31, 2022
Canada plans ban on handgun sales in wake of Texas school shooting Canada is introducing a bill that would ban the sale of handguns, less than a week after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a school shooting in Texas. Sky News - Published on May 30, 2022	Biden to meet victims' families as he visits scene of Texas school shooting US President Joe Biden is visiting the scene of country's largest school shooting in a decade to meet and comfort victims' families. Sky News - Published on May 29, 2022
'Those kids deserved better': Instructor who teaches police to deal with gunmen says Uvalde officers showed failings In a series of sheds on the edge of a Texas airfield sits the training centre that has set the national standard for how American police deal with active gunmen. Sky News - Published on May 28, 2022	McConaughey & Uvalde Comfort Dogs Not Enough to Quell Outrage at Police Matthew McConaughey and some friendly pooches have touched down in Uvalde, TX -- but their presence alone won't fix what's become a major scandal on the slow police response. The actor is back in his.. TMZ.com - Published on May 28, 2022
Stars and Scars -- You Be the Judge Johnny vs. Amber has become more than a trial ... it's an American sport, and the horrific massacre in Texas is almost impossible to process. So, we gotta ask ... TMZ.com - Published on May 28, 2022	Uvalde shooting: San Francisco Giants' Gabe Kapler 'unhappy' with country After a Texas school shooting, Gabe Kapler says: "I am not OK with the state of this country." BBC Sport - Published on May 28, 2022
NRA Benefit Concert Canceled After Performers Pull Out Over School Shooting The National Rifle Association is scrapping its benefit concert in Texas ... with performers dropping out left and right, the show will NOT go on. Country music star Jacob Bryant was the only remaining.. TMZ.com - Published on May 27, 2022	Texas victims' parents wonder if lives could have been saved if police confronted gunman earlier As he prayed at the small cross in her memory, Vincent Salazar was hopeful his daughter Layla's body would soon be returned to her family to prepare for her funeral. Sky News - Published on May 27, 2022
Texas gunman was nicknamed 'the Yubo school shooter' on messaging app The 18-year-old who carried out a mass shooting in a Texas elementary school was given the nickname "The Yubo School Shooter" on a social media app he used. Sky News - Published on May 27, 2022	'Wrong decision' not to storm school where gunman was holed up killing children, official admits It was the "wrong decision" not to storm the school where gunman was holed up killing primary school children, a Texas official admitted. Sky News - Published on May 27, 2022
Texas hosts weapons convention promising '14 acres of guns' just days after school massacre Seventy-two hours after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at a Texas primary school, the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) convention is going ahead in the state - promising "14 acres of.. Sky News - Published on May 27, 2022	Robb Elementary School Student Covered Herself in Blood to Avoid Death An 11-year-old student at the Robb Elementary School in Texas went into what a relative called "survival mode" after seeing a classmate who was fatally shot by the gunman, and smeared the other girl's.. TMZ.com - Published on May 27, 2022
Girl survived Texas attack by 'smearing blood on herself and playing dead' A girl saw her teacher killed in the Texas shooting but reportedly survived by lying on one of her classmates and smearing the girl's blood on herself to "play dead". Sky News - Published on May 27, 2022	Revealed: The full timeline of police's response to Texas school massacre While statistics show most of America's "active shooter" incidents are over within minutes, it took police in Texas up to an hour to storm the classroom where gunman Salvador Ramos massacred 19.. Sky News - Published on May 27, 2022
So What?! Music Fest Deploys Safety Measures for Stampedes, Active Shooters Memorial Day Weekend means hip hop festival season is upon us, and the So What?! Music Festival in Texas -- with some big name headliners -- is pulling out all the stops for the safety of.. TMZ.com - Published on May 27, 2022	Meghan Markle Leaves Flowers at Memorial for Texas School Shooting Victims Meghan Markle is expressing her grief over the tragic elementary school shooting ... by making a surprise visit to the memorial in Texas honoring the slain teachers and students. Meghan made the long.. TMZ.com - Published on May 26, 2022
Duchess of Sussex lays flowers at site of school shooting in Texas The Duchess of Sussex has laid flowers at the site of a school shooting in Texas in which 19 children and two teachers were killed. Sky News - Published on May 26, 2022	Community demands answers over time taken to stop Texas school gunman's killing spree Questions are being asked about how much time elapsed before police stormed a Texas primary school classroom to end a rampage by a gunman inside. Sky News - Published on May 26, 2022
Husband of Teacher Killed in TX Elementary School Shooting Dies of Heart Attack In what was already a nightmare situation for the family of a teacher killed in the Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting -- more heartbreak -- as the woman's husband has now reportedly died of a.. TMZ.com - Published on May 26, 2022	Biden told to appoint a 'gun tsar' as Texas school shooting reignites calls for firearms restrictions Campaigners are calling on US President Joe Biden to appoint a "gun tsar" and issue urgent executive orders aimed at curbing firearms violence. Sky News - Published on May 26, 2022
Jimmy Kimmel's TX Shooting Monologue Preempted in Dallas, Station Apologizes Jimmy Kimmel now has an answer for why his emotional monologue calling out the Texas governor about the school shooting got preempted in Dallas. According to the local station, WFAA ... it was an.. TMZ.com - Published on May 26, 2022	Father of Shooting Victim Learned His Daughter was Killed from Her Best Friend The slaughter at the Robb Elementary School in Texas is almost impossible to comprehend, but this video -- as difficult as it is to watch -- unearths the human toll it has taken on the parents of the.. TMZ.com - Published on May 26, 2022
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Texas

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